Double black Sunlight Mountain, CO
Devil's Dare drops 249 vertical feet over 527 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 29°, Devil's Dare gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,590 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.